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PRAGMATIC UNION 



OF THE 



WORLD 



FLATTERIES 



BY 

K. HERBERT, P. D. 



Copyright, 1912 

By K. HERBERT, P. D. 

Chicago, 111. 






VI 



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^ VATER ALLAHMO'S 

j PRAGMATIC SANCTION. 

These things delivereth the Lord, the Vater Allahmo, unto His faithful 
servant, the man whose name is the Branch, on the second day, in the 
second month, in the second year, and the second term of the reign of the 
great beast in the rosy field, in token of His New Name and His New 
Church, which is to be His Dominion and Glory for ever and ever. — Amen. 

And the Spirit of Vater Allahmo again sigheth into mine ears, saying : 
Awake, and behold, my Son, the high time; the eleventh hour is at hand, 
Go thou and tell all nations and kingdoms, to make ready for the New 
Light, which will soon appear upon the earth. Teach them to observe and 
practice the Laws of the Decalogue with equity and love. Execute true 
judgment and righteousness upon the faces of the whole earth. Thus shall 
ye build the Walls of the New Jerusalem : With One, Two, and Three Times 
Three, of their chosen servants, ye shall lead my children into the garden 
of their inheritance. Prepare the living force with Bread and Wine of H. T., 
and the rod of iron in the light of the ensign, for it cleanseth, and trans- 
pireth, from the centre to the periphery, even unto the crystal, which has 
been in the cleaning for ages. — Amen, 



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DEDICATION. 



1. 



Oriental Lodge, No. Thirty-Three, 

A. F. A. M., I pledge to thee 

This little book until its value I redeem 

And honor bright with purest gold. 

Hear me yet further and behold, 

The Master's Word which I thus unfold, 

To make amends for dues as yet unpaid, 

And to relieve my soul from grievous straights 

Which, unregistered and imprisoned in my bosom lay 

On the first page, the second word within 

Is the magic Word that makes the whole world kin. 



Thou sayest, I fear the Master's Word is forever lost 

From these feeble hands when needed most 

To enlighten and to pacify the host. 

Yet in Tyre thou hast found a substitute 

And given it to a multitude 

'Till future ages find out the true. 

From north to east, from south to west 

I've hewed through the wilderness 

Until I came to Joseph's tree 

Where the Rock of Israel spake by me 

In this well thou shalt living waters see. 



3. 

The substitute we now may cast aside, 
Whilst in the true Word our soul abide 
Henceforth and forever, that's my advice. 
From the tomb of Rachel I have epitomized 
That Joseph is a fruitful bough 
Even a fruitful bough by a well 
Whose branches run over the wall. 
The archers have sorely grieved him. 
But his bow abode in strength 
In the mighty God of Jacob 
From thence is the Shepherd. 



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VATER ALLAHMO. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 

1. 

Who dares to fathom or describe 

Mother Earth, her sister planets and their life? 

Scientists and astronomers galore 

Have vainly tried to probe and solve 

Life's mysteries, with what result 

Is evident in their despair. 

2 
What fools these mortals be 
Who look without to find the key; 
When yet within themselves exists 
That which they seek, it lists 
Their childish prayer, and says perceive 
All causes and their effects in H. T. 

3 

When first in search for wisdom I conceived, 
To worship at the shrine of Vater Allahmo; 
Believing in humble fear and chaste regret, 
From His sanctuary my ingress barred ; 
When lo, imagine my surprise 
To find the gates ajar. 

4 
Expectantly I enter in 
Its starry portals, determined 
To court the favor, or risk the wrath 
Of Him whose radiant vision haunts my heart. 
Ascending, I stumble on the second step. 
For want of light, I prayed for help. 

5 

Out of the darkness enter 
Hosts of all kinds and gender; 
With quiet step and solemn mien 
They pass by me without relief; 
When by introspection I behold 
Rays of light cTf brightest gold. 

6 

W^hence come those rays that blind mine e\'es? 

That give me strength sublime to rise; 

Over the yonder hills on the eastern shore 

I see the Son of Man aglow ; 

The suns and stars I now may know 

Since I have found our Vater Allahmo. 

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THE PRAGMATIC DOCTOR'S SONG OF COSMOGONY 
By the man whose name is "the Branch/' 
1. 
Listen, O children of Earth, and give heed. 
To the arcana I will to you now relate, 
Of Cosmogony, its source and its place. 
For I was a doctor of note and renown. 
And presided at the birth of Alcyone, 
Scores of thousands of years agone. 

Little Sis Alcyone was a precocious child. 
At first very erratic and inclined to be wild; 
But as she entered upon the adolescent age 
Fair promise of being a superior maid she gave, 
As gracefully she traveled the celestial sphere 
Imbued with love to her Vater, who was near. 

Vater Allahmo, the source of all things it appears, 

Yet granting freedom to love what you please; 

Alcyone wisely in Him put her trust, 

Gladly performing her dutiful task 

Of Motherhood to all of the heavenly hosts 

Did she bear children? You may ask! 

4. 

Of Telma, her last born, alone I will write, 

That she is the mother of our planets, men soon will decide; 

Alpha and Neptune, Uranus and Saturn, 

And finally Jupiter, were successively born, 

When Telma, surveying her family with pride. 

Decided to set up her own fireside. 

5. 
Alas for the way but it is always thus. 
When a young bird feels the power of her wings to plus. 
Little she cares for the parental home. 
When once desirous in the forest to roam ; 
To explore the regions beyond the horizon. 
With nary a thought of fear or reprisal. 

6. 

Mars was born next in contention and strife, 

For reasons best known to the experienced in life. 

Don't think it was all joy in Telma's new home, 

Mother Earth came next, the seventh in a row. 

Of celestial gems the heavens to adorn; 

Each of these is now blessed with one or more moons. 

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7. 
Venus, tne queen of the morning comes now into view, 
The brightest in the galaxy of roseate hues ; 
While Mercury's gleam of flickering light, 
Gives fair promise of a tenacious life; 
Little can I say of Vulcan's dusky rays, 
The youngest in this family, as yet in a sulphurous haze. 



I've heard it said amongst the sages, 

Of the upper world, that in the coming ages, 

Two more planets would complete the constellation 

Of Telma and her glorious state. 

To him I say who doubts this revelation 

The truth to prove in nature's wake. 

9. 
Copernicus and Halley, yes and Newton too. 
Whom we proclaim as great doctors of Astronomy; 
And many others, whose names I do not woo. 
With their quondam lot of theorems, which to me, 
Seems like the perplexing cry of a bird we call the crow. 
With startling propositions their theorems to prove. 

10. 
If thou wouldst view the place of equilibrium and rest. 
And for convincing proofs of truth without a jest, 
Thy search is vain and void of fruit on earth; 
But come with me to Cassiopeia's golden chair, 
And watch the doing there of the great and little bear 
In the vaulted dome of Arcturus' ancient lair. 

11. 

There mayest thou see rooted securely the earth and Telma, too, 

And the art of transformation of the old into the new ; 

All the stars, uncalendared by man, thither they return, 

The haven of last resort, at their journey's end. 

To scatter the decaying debris, whilst the conatus remains. 

The old is absorbed by the new, their lives to blend. 

12. 
In connatus I find lying concealed as in an ocean. 
The source and the power all life to promote; 
Though connatus is not force, nor is force motion. 
Yet force is produced by connatus, because force is connatus excited. 
And through force motion is expedited. 
Which is their product, mutually arbited. 

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PROJECTION. 
B}' K. Herbert, P. D. 

1. 
No easy task it is to tread 
The path the multitudes reject; 
Yet conscious power designs to take, 
A sweep of field, forest and lake ; 
The scoffing Knaves he dares to fret. 
If but by fair convictions he is led. 

2. 
The other day I started out 
In the morning on my usual bout 
For victims w^hom I could induce 
To buy a certain brand of goods; 
But that sort of thing every one knew 
So henceforth I shall hunt for pastures new. 

3. 
The H Rays I find are permeating the air, 
They are beckoning me with a seductive glare 
To explore the heavens for Venus's lair; 
To Venus the love of my youth I bow, 

Aphrodite, thou fairest, what sayest thou? 
Canst fondle a little my heated brow? 

4. 
Can I resist my soul's desire 
Into spheres celestial to enter? 
Can I resist the ceaseless fire 
That drives me to thee to surrender? 
No more can man escape his fate 
Than kindle the fire of love, where there is hate. 

5. 

On the wings of love then I speed on my way 
Light-hearted, nor weighted with clay, 
My goal is to see Venus in the far-off sky, 
Shyly she winks at me with one eye; 

1 send her a message to meet me half-way. 
Will she understand what I have to say? 

6. 

I've met her and O, the fatuous shock 
Of those amorous eyes and her locks; 
Together with her odoriferous breath 
Compelled me to beat a hasty retreat. ^ 
Not a soul did I see but flowers and vines 
Such is the life on Venus at this time. 

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BIRTH OF THE PRAGMATIC UNION. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 



Good morning, friend unit, good morning! 
What is new asks the cipher? becoming 
A disciple of the leisurely class; 
This is new that the Pragmatic Union 
Was just born and will open the eyes 
Of those that call themselves human. 



What sayest thou? friend unit. 

The madcapic union, I never knew it 

That unions be born, I always have shunned, 

Their like and care not what becometh 

Of them, or their polemical obession 

As long as I have their units for mv accession. 



Come down from your precarious station, 
And stop feeding yourself with illusion; 
Stand ye in front for a minute 
For the purpose of comparing a unit 
With a cipher in front or behind, 
Remains which are tens you will find. 



This is the inverted order of things 
As perceived from spheres of spiritual wings 
The unit, unconscious of his primary power 
Yet, seeking freedom of a source as yet untried 
Will come to his ov/n at the eleventh hour, 
The Pragmatic Union will be his guide. 



Pa; 



Has human endeavor a thing to show more fair 
Than this beautiful garden, behold it is here; 
Where freedom to enter to none is denied 
Thy birthright, O man, take heed of the light 
Where worship at the temple's inner shrine, 
Makes communion with the Vater a soul sublime. 



It is thus we launch thee, ship of state. 

Sail on, O Union, strong and great; 

In conquering, conquer the beast of doubt and despair 

Thy star just risen in the eastern sky 

Securely will guide thee to his hidden lair. 

Look to his ensign, behold it is a lie. 



Here is wisdom, let him that will understand. 

Count the number of the beast; 

For it is the number of a man, 

And his number is six hundred, three score and six, 

His ensign is Vicarius Filii Dei, 

Try the roman notation and you will see. 



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THE SEVEN SPIRITS OK LIFE. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 



I sat on the mountain in the twilight, 
My heart was a-flutter with emotion, 
At the threshhold of the abyss of night; 
As I weighed in my mind the portion 
And the crown of the endeavor to rise 
Undefiled from the tempestuous ocean. 



The moon in its silvery crescent 

Reminds me of days gone by; 

When I, imbued with hopes and adolescence, 

Surveyed the heavens so bright; 

Alas, there is a calm clinging to me now 

As the cold zephyrs fondle my brow. 



3. 

O, mystery of the seven spirits of God, 
I would fain behold thee face to face; 
As the glittering light attracts the moth 
Just risen from its bed of haze. 
So my soul in its ceaseless quest 
Comes nearer the light, its supreme bliss. 



4. 

The spirit determined, aloft it flutters, 

It's eyes directed toward the goal; 

It leaves behind the heavy fetters. 

That bound it to the earthly home; 

It's flight is aimed in the direction 

Of the seventh spirit which is projection. 



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5. 

The next in order is reflection 

Whilst the fifth in universal taction 

Is called touch, or feeling, also perception. 

An organ is required for reception 

Of the sound, which is conveyed to the mind, 

There to leave its impression thus behind. 



6. 

The eye is the subject of the grandest visions 

And the tongue of taste and also diction; 

As a guardian angel stands the nose, 

In the midst of these in quiet repose; 

To scrutinize and cause alarm 

Before something enter to do you harm. 



7. 

Note my friends, the difference 

Of the animal from the human race; 

Five senses only the animal has 

But b}*- virtue of Lovers divine reflection 

And of divine wisdom in its projection 

In man is imaged forth to perception. 



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THE ROCK OF AGES. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 

1. 

Four years I have wandered, 

Silently I have pondered 

The labyrinth of nature to explore. 

In fields and in deep-hidden mines, 

In lofty spheres where no man before, 

Dared to search for the origin of times. 



In the folios of Knowledge of literary men, 

I searched in vain for the golden end 

Of wisdom and its abiding peace; 

Until I found, that knowledge abounds 

In pitfalls and errors, when reason disappears 

In the echo of unmeaning sounds. 



In the lines of the Pragmatic Union I've poured, 

The spirit of truth into every word. 

Albeit not of myself but from the Lord. 

Old structures are crumbling beneath the weight of the years 

And new ones are building where God may be heard 

Without the damnation of the priest and his fears. 



4. 

Stern is the duty but weak is the clay 

To enforce the command the wicked to slay; 

To hew down the tree that for two thousand years 

Has threatened with fear both Kings and his peers; 

But by the power of Thy holy arm 

O Lord, Thou art able the foe to alarm. 

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Although Tve deferred Thy mandates, O Lord of hosts, 

I have prepared a way for the holy Ghost; 

To enter the fort and to drive out the foe 

With the rod of iron and the hoe. 

Though Thou hast taught me self-sacrifice 

A vile person hast Thou made lowly wise. 



Therefore Til uncover the sword and the bow 

Henceforth I shall fight the cunning foe; 

The King of the north and the King of the south 

They both speak lies at one table with their mouth; 

But they shall not profit, for their end is near, 

And their doom is sealed when the Son of Man doth appear. 



7. 

Listen O children and abandon your fears 
When in the near future the trumpet you'll hear; 
Prepare for the entry of the Lord into your hearts 
Remember to do good and banish evil thoughts 
For it is only thus that your sins will depart 
And you will be one in the union with the Lord. 



February 2, 1910. 



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THELORD^S ADVENT. 
By K. H. Herbert, P. D. 



Arrived at last, through many a storm-swept age 
A new-born cycle of the moving years ; 
As clearly discerned by that astute old sage 
Virgil of Rome, to whom till now adheres 
A poet-laureate's crown, so nobly won 
And richly framed in stately Pollio's son. 



2. 

No pompous herald with his sword unshed 

Before an eager multitude to cry and fret 

In tones of thunder to declare the law 

The King of Kings in his domain to install 

Except instead a simple trumpet call 

The people to inspire with reverence and awe. 



3. 

Sweet relics of long faded flowers 
Profusely are spread on the way 
In the line of his march to the city so gay 
Where stand amazed the shining towers 
Giant monuments of the age of iron 
In stately silence beneath him boweth. 



4. 

The battlements of Jericho he bravely surmounts 

Whilst round about the wall seven times he roams, 

Though sore beset and oft he falls. 

He digs with his arms a breach in the wall ; 

Single-handed against odds and might 

He carries them out by day and by night. 

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5. 

The jewels embedded and securely hid 

In embryonic clay, he opens the lid, 

And lo, how they sparkle in their own pure light; 

He set them in rows just four in number 

In the first a sardius, a topaz and a carbuncle 

In the second an emerald, a sapphire and a diamond. 



In the third a ligure, an agate, an amethyst, 
And the fourth a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: 
He set them according to this list 
Iheir light to bring forth and to prosper; 
In unity of strength their light he doth blend, 
The King's robe to adorn with their lustre. 



7. 

Shout O ye children of Zion 

Thy King cometh from the ramparts of Tyre; 

Hear ye the loud roar as of the lion, 

Of the tribe of Judah stretching a wire, 

Yea, even a live wire to show us here below 

The radiant brow of Vater Allahmo. 



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COLUMBIA NATIONAL ANTHEM. 

By K. Herbert, P. D. 

1. 

I am come to thee, queen of the stars, 
To deliver a message of my Lord's regard; 
To the land where milk flows and honey, 
And the people are handsome, joyful and bonny 
An emblem of love He sends with a kiss. 
To His children a token of communal bliss. 



2. 

I am come to thee fair daughter of Atlantis 

To bring thee tidings of thy mother's fame ; 

While still I live, it is to say all this. 

My noble master bids me to proclaim; 

Since thou alone disdainest, O Mother of the rich. 

With thy neighbors misfortune thy robe to besmirch. 



I am come to thee, mine errand it is true 

Is to crown thee queen of the red, white and blue 

And to give thee a charge, to remove from your barge 

The dark lines of discord that haunt your lower parts 

Thine own fair colors, they are becoming to you 

And these are found worthy a crown of gold. 

4. 

I am come to thee with order pacific, 
And power far above dull beasts can perceive; 
Three Kings in bloody combat thou hast subdued 
And thy lofty purpose in fair deed renewedst 
Nor into empty exultation dost thou hurry 
To lift up the fallen foe, that is thy glory. 

5. 

I am come, unconquered queen, O behold, 
Thy King cometh, fearless and bold, 
His ensign in mercy and devotion to unfold 
To open the blind eyes that they may see, 
And to let go the captives, redeemed and free 
To enter the Kingdom prepared for thee. 

May 22, 1911. 

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THE SONG OP MOSES. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 

1. 

Go blow the horn with mighty sound 
With trumpet strong like thunderbold 
To Zion, our stronghold free 
Who will the glorious ensign see? 
O Vaterland thy peace is here 
O Maryland thou needst not fear 
Fair stands and true 
The sign, the sign, on Zion. 



Sign of love, the home of glory 
Mighty birthplace of the free 
Thy fame I shout in song and story 
All thy sons shall honor thee. 
North and south as one united 
East and west is firmly banded 
All thy wisdom well extended 
In the realm of light well blended. 



Ye sons of Eden awake to glory. 
Hark, hark what legions bid you rise 
Cast off the shackles of earthbound story 
The hateful tyrants refuge of lies ; 
Who like gods bid their slaves adore 
A molten image from earthly shore 
In freedom of determination lies 
Human bliss and Paradise. 



When Atlantis first at the Lord's command 

Arose from out the azure main ; 

A charter free to her he bequeathed 

To loosen the oppressors bands. 

Hail thou Land by God selected. 

Freedom's shrine for weal or woe; 

Land where milk and honey flow 

Thou art found worthy the ensign of Zion. 

Atigust 2, 1911. 

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THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH. 
By K. Herbert. P. D. 

1. 

From the home of David, the King, 
His armourbearer send to bring 
Damocles' Sword to the Romanthing 
Who, seated at the banquet-table 
Commands his hosts to spread the fable 
Of Jesus, ere he depart for Constantinople. 

2. 

And now will I show You the truth. 

From the lodge of the holy St. John's at Jerusalem, 

Gabriel the prince he send forth 

Three Kings from Ancient Persia's realm 

And the fourth was far richer than they all 

And before him the gods of Grecia did fall. 

3. 

And a mighty King stood up in the land 

Of Israel, to fight against the Roman band 

Arius, the presbiter, that was his name. 

And he ruled v/ith great dominion 

And did according to his will 

The law of Moses to uphold and fullfil 

4. 
But the haughty beast that sat on the throne 
Of his image in the. palace of Rome 
With his foot stamped poor Arius' doom. 
And they plucked up his Kingdom forever 
And divided it to the four winds of heaven 
Even for others besides those seven. 

5. 

To the city of Nice he invited to attend 

For the purpose of making an agreement 

The King of the north and the King's daughter of the south 

From whence he proclaimed aloud 

The doctrine of three gods in one 

According to the creed Anastacian. 

6. 

But she shall not retain the power of the arm 

Neither shall he stand, nor his arm 

For they played with the serpent's root. 

And delivered thence a fiery flying bird; 

But she was given up, and they that brought her 

And he that strengthened her. 

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But out of a branch of he roots shall one stand up 

Yea, even Michael, your prince and support; 

And shall enter into the fortress of the King of the north, 

And deal against them, and shall prevail 

And shall carry captives into Egypt their gods 

And shall continue more years than the King of the north. 

8. 
So the King of the south shall come into his Kingdom 
And return into his own land 
And the arms of the north shall not withstand 
But his sons shall be stirred up 
And shall assemble a great multitude 
Of forces. And one shall certainly come. 



And overflow and pass through 

Yea, even the pope of Rome. 

He standeth in the glorious land 

Which is consumed by his hand 

And he corrupted the daughter of women 

But she at his side doth not stand. 

10. 
Then there stood up a raiser of taxes 
In the glory of the King's domain 
Emanuel Swedenborg by name. 
But within few days he shall be destroyed 
Neither in anger nor in battle array 
Nor shall the King of the south be annoyed. 

11. 

For out of his estate shall stand up a vile person 

To whom they shall not give the honour of the Kingdom 

But he shall come in peaceably 

The man w^hose name is ^'the Branch'' 

And by flatteries he shall obtain the Kingdom 

And thus the Pragmatic Union he'll launch. 

12. 
In this he worketh deceitfully 
For Babylon must needs be surprised 
When he shall become strong with a small people 
And he shall sweep away the refuge of lies 
From the fattest places of the province 
He shall scatter among them the prize. 
September 27, 1911. 

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ODE TO THE MANCHILD. 
By K. Herbert, P. D. 



Glory to God in the highest, 
Good will on earth toward men ; 
For this day He reneweth the Alliance, 
And His grace He revealeth to them. 

Refrain. 

Seven letters bespeak His fame, 
Repeat each day one letter of His name, 
Fulfill His week, the Master's word aglow 
Awaiting thee is Vater Allahmo. 



2. 

Soon the new light will shine. 
When the clouds have faded away; 
And the brethren will all combine, 
To sing this song of praise. 
Refrain. 



3. 

The day of the Lord is near. 
His Kingdom on earth is here; 
This day the manchild is born 
Whose rule is wnth the rod of iron. 
Refrain. 



There is a way to go for the people, 
It is the orderly conduct of all; 
The strong shall instruct the feeble 
In virtue and upright to walk. 
Refrain. 



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Let all at the feast appear, 
United in song and prayer; 
Stewards in waiting stand, 
Extending a welcome hand. 
Refrain. 

6. 

Deacons the bread and wine prepare. 
And provide each man his share; 
According to his love of it. 
The premium shall they fit. 
Refrain. 



Counselors shall arrange with skill 
Harmonious spirits and angel-food; 
According to the Master's will, 
All truths shall plead in good. 
Refrain. 

8. 

And scribes shall make accounts. 
To treasurers, men who hold the bag; 
Who will supply our daily wants. 
And none may substance lack. 
Refrain. 

9. 

A doctor in supreme command, 
Shall judge all problems in dispute; 
And wisely with his rod in hand. 
Administer the common good. 
Refrain. 



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